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@cloudsgoby.bsky.social
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The older I get the curiouser I become, in every sense of the word. Finding my way, here and elsewhere. #cloud watcher, respecter of #nature, 99% #vegetarian On Mastodon as @CloudsGoBy@mindly.social
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I look through my window and what do I see? Blue sky! 😀 It’s been so dull today I was beginning to think it might be permanent 😞 #clouds #sky #weather
Looking through a plain glass window at a blue sky with streaks of white and grey cloud across it. The leafy top of a hedge can be sign at the bottom edge of the photo and to the right is a semi-transparent curtain in silhouette.
October 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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My brain fell out 😄 #fungi
Large creamy white puffball on long grass. My foot, clad in a walking shoe, is beside it for size comparison.
October 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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A touch of mammatus this teatime @lakesstiles.bsky.social 🙂 #cloudage #weather
An orange themed sunset with trees and a hedge silhouetted in the foreground. A dark band of cloud billows up from low down while, higher up, bulbous udder-like clouds hang down, illuminated underneath by the last of the sunlight
October 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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A peerie (little) gate @lakesstiles.bsky.social #Shetland
Upper section of an old and very weathered gate. It is made from vertical wooden slats bolted onto horizontal slats. The vertical slats are positioned so that they make a pleasing curve at the top. There is a curved wooden sign attached part way down which says DA BRIGS. Beyond the gate is a narrow stony causeway over some water leading to a rough grassy area. A glimpse of grey sky beyond. The back of an old and very weathered gate, covered in lichen. It is made from vertical wooden slats bolted onto horizontal slats. The vertical slats are positioned so that they make a pleasing curve at the top. A horizontal piece of wood stretches across the gate and through a slot and lifts up to provide a latch. A small section of stone wall can be seen on the left and some water and grass beyond.
July 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Smell the honeysuckle and you will be transported (temporarily!) to paradise ☺️ #wildflowers
A chaotic hedgerow with long rough grass in front. It is full of creamy white pink-tinged honeysuckle flowers. The sky is a jumble of pale pinkish grey clouds.
June 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Photo taken June 20th 2025. Last sunset before the #SummerSolstice
A vivid sunset of deep oranges, reds and yellow. There are some crepuscular rays fanning out from a very low, bright yellow, sun. It looks blurred and there are a few streaks of cloud over it. To the left are the branches of a large tree in silhouette and there is the leafy top of a hedge in the foreground.
June 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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#FungiFriday
A large bracket fungus on an old, wide tree stump that has been cut close to the ground. Grass is growing on top of it and around it. The fungus is like a large pale brown wonky dinner plate decorated with darker rings of dots and dashes.
June 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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A rather dull damp day but the Knapweed is making it’s presence felt 🙂 This is the road verge beyond our hedge which I have, ahem, commandeered 👀 Or perhaps I can say, reclaimed for insects.
A mass of greenery and flowers. To the left there are tall daisy-like flowers with long white petals and yellow centres. To the right are some tall plants with purple thistle-like flowers.
June 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Another successful garden meadow year. Tip for anyone who hasn’t tried it yet - it’s not enough to just stop mowing! I seeded this with Yellow Rattle a few years ago. It weakens the coarse grasses and gives other plants a chance. Getting there 🙂 #wildflowers #garden
Looking across a garden which is full of grasses and yellow flowers. Tall Corncockle with pink flowers in the foreground, a few large white daisies, and a low hedge in the background. Top right of the photo stands a grey metal wheelbarrow with an orange wheel.
June 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Buttercups! 💛
Long grass in the foreground, a fence and a metal farm gate standing open. The grassy field is bright end by masses of yellow buttercups covering the whole area. There are trees in the background. The sky is pale blue with some white cloud.
June 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Best not swim in these ‘shark’ infested waters! #tadpoles #froglets #GardenPond @froglife.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Suck it up buttercup 😄 Little hare demolishing our front garden meadow this wet evening, one flower at a time #garden #wildflowers #hare
June 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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This is from a slightly brighter day when the hawkbit was open
June 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Mine was just lawn but after sowing Yellow Rattle and adopting an October to March (approximately) mowing schedule it is currently reaching peak meadow. I’m thrilled with it. I stlll mow some areas for access and where the grandkids play. Photo through window on a wet day.
Looking across a mass of grassy greenery speckled with lots of tiny yellow flowers and some larger daisy type flowers
June 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Smitten with the hares that are still visiting regularly. We’re assuming there are at least two as yesterday’s seemed more leggy with longer ears, more like a teenager hare. This one looks younger and is enjoying the luxuriant growth of vegetation since the rain returned #hare
June 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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We are at Vindolanda today - some amazing stuff here and a lot of people working had in the sun. We are just observing however 🙂
May 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Blimey that’s pretty astonishing! I was wondering the other day if you’d had any helm activity. There’s been so little cloud it’s been difficult to tell though we’ve had strong winds some days. A couple of timlapses were inconclusive. The cloud really started building up yesterday though
May 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Sitting on what we laughingly call our patio. Stick that in yer pipe and smoke it Neat and Tidy Brigade! 😄
May 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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A rude awakening from my little post tea snooze! 😣 #osprey #aircraft #noisy
May 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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North Cumbria or Death Valley 🤔🌵 #Blencathra
May 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Got my steps goal today! 😆 (tall photo) #Sizergh #Cumbria
A steep outdoor staircase of stone steps covered in plants, some purple and some white and daisy-like.
May 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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A Tewet Tarn selection box for @lakesstiles.bsky.social #gateposts #clouds #stiles #gates
May 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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It’s…. #FingerpostFriday
A bicycle is parked on the road in front of a smallish tree - the photo shows only the trunk and lower branches. To the left of the tree is a small black and white fingerpost. Behind is an area of grass, vivid green in bright sunshine and surrounded by leafy trees and shrubs. There is a vehicle track making two rows of bare earth and there are lots of shadows. In the background there is an old stone railway viaduct with big, high arches. The sky is blue with white cloud. A smallish tree with only the trunk and lower branches. To the left of the tree is a fingerpost. The stem is painted in alternating black and white hoops. The finger is a white rectangle with a black border and black writing in capitals. It says ‘LOW HOUSE’ then DRYBECK’. Behind is an area of grass, vivid green in bright sunshine and surrounded by leafy trees and shrubs. There is a vehicle track making two rows of bare earth and there are lots of shadows. In the background there is an old stone railway viaduct with big, high arches. The sky is blue with white cloud.
May 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Another restless night, but how can I stay grumpy when this is the first thing I see through my bedroom window ☺️ #hare
May 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Tadpoles really do love a boiled tatie! #tadpoles #pondlife
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM